diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-05-13-15-57-58.gh-issue-118836.7yN1iB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-05-13-15-57-58.gh-issue-118836.7yN1iB.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5212af7b32b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-05-13-15-57-58.gh-issue-118836.7yN1iB.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix an ``AssertionError`` when building with ``--enable-experimental-jit``
+and the compiler emits a ``SHT_NOTE`` section.
diff --git a/Tools/jit/_targets.py b/Tools/jit/_targets.py
index 023ef498a21..b020f49cf4a 100644
--- a/Tools/jit/_targets.py
+++ b/Tools/jit/_targets.py
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ class _ELF(
             assert section_type in {
                 "SHT_GROUP",
                 "SHT_LLVM_ADDRSIG",
+                "SHT_NOTE",
                 "SHT_NULL",
                 "SHT_STRTAB",
                 "SHT_SYMTAB",